@silverwizard @pare I dunno. I'll admit I miss the 3e days.
Maybe I just miss prestige classes.
Anyhow, I think the biggest fault in play is that Magic is practically subsidizing Hasbro, which is largely, to my understanding, getting the ass beaten off them in every other market. So they say, well, magic is making money hand over fist. Why can't D&D do that?
Nevermind that investors back in 2022 more or less told Hasbro that they're going too hard. Source: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/12/08/hasbro-defends-magic-the-gathering-strategy.html
Anyhow. Trying to capitalize on D&D like this feels like a fundamental misunderstanding of the game and the community behind it. D&D will never sell like MTG. Full stop. It's like comparing apples to iPads.
The sooner they figure this out, the better off the entire thing will be.